installer_google_earth_english.exe

100Blogs SL

This is the Vittalia Filewon Installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application installer_google_earth_english.exe by 100Blogs SL has been detected as adware by 21 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Vittalia DM installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from engall.filewin.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
100Blogs SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c5f7f6cdfff578a5e9b2e4341d5bfb35

SHA-1:
9e8cd61e79c5a61b27086ee735132732bd7b981f

SHA-256:
bdd76f690e5789233d06aef83a123800d7097e3e6b25787489b33af66a5b48f5

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 7:10:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
7.11.144.126

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-140731

AVG
Generic_c
2015.0.3396

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.HYE
18233

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0212

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.MW
8.9662

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
7/31/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-fd00c9ef
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Trojan.Agent.OUXLMY
14.7.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.9.10.20

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.InstallCore
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Malwarebytes
v2014.07.31.05

McAfee
Artemis!C5F7F6CDFFF5
5600.7052

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.f76
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.100BlogsSL.EE
14.7.31.17

SUPERAntiSpyware
10450

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0420
7.2.212

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore.b
28194

File size:
664.6 KB (680,560 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\installer_google_earth_english.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
10/14/2013 9:18:59 AM

Valid to:
10/14/2016 9:18:59 AM

Subject:
CN=100Blogs SL, O=100Blogs SL, L=CERDANYOLA DEL VALLES, S=BARCELONA, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
2B93142DC69C91

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:C6gpT/xLoVzERg5tauY0+PRFILuXY8kziQjnjA:C6gBJLoVMg5ta97j4KCjA

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8637

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file installer_google_earth_english.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://engall.filewin.com/.../download?p=UK-ADC-en&tmuid=331b9017201f4830d1445974d721c7c4

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